The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-10
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A typical red.hot, highly patriotic, and toll.

erably destructive Fourth, In the matter OF
accidents by fires. sun strokes. and explosions
has not tended TO improve tho tempers or raise
tho spirits Of sober-minded people. and man,
who had started for summer holiday have
returned to town. with the hope that brick
walls, shady sidewalks, and Delmonico din
nors may bring relief from tho insupporiable
sufrerings incidental to frame houses, llios.
mosquitoes. and unbroken sunshine.
At Newport tho heat has been mitiRated by
seq breezes and tho comforts Of perfectly np-
pointed and luxuriously mounted households.
There are mono Of the class known as tho gen
tcel poor" ut Newport. The pinchers md
strugglers wisely avoid place where the high.
est prices are paid for tho best articles, and
where the sun shines and tho rain falls upon
many OF the good and excellent OF the earth, II
Is true. but into whose lives tho disturbing
questions of ways and means but rarely ener.
The Casino opened on Monday night with the
usual attractions Of lights, excellent music,
and courts and theatre polished and garnshed
to tho last point OF perfection, but with a pooi
attendance. There were few ladies', and no
dancing to speak OF. Friday evening showed
more life, and IA Mondays and Fridays arc to
be Casino nights this year, tho latter may pos
sibly prove to DO more popular than Thursdays
were last summer.
Tho appearance OF Bellevue avenue at the
hour OF evening parade promises we'll for tho
coming season. Superb horses. rafting har.
ness, and carriages that would do credit ia
Hyde Park arc, rs usual. its leading features
As yet there IL no very pronounced beauty
among the fair occupants OF tho eIuipages: In.
decd. these early days of the season seem to be
the dowagers' holiday. and they occupy the
back seats with self-complacent expression
that is somewhat exasperatins to the numbers
OF young men who dash past in their dog carts
and curricles 1t was said last summer TINT
Bar Harbor had q monopoly Of eligible youths,
and that Newport was far behind her moro
northern rival In this respect. 1t looks now rs
II Newport would regain her own this season.
for bachelor quarters are already at premium
and club windows look very animated.
As heiresses are always so well heralded in
this country, for tho benefit only too Otter II
impecunious foreigners, 1t may not be amiss TO
mention the golden youths" who arc already
established at Newport for the summon. Mr..
John J. Aston, Jr., only son Of William Aston.
although still very young, comes first ON tho
list, and with his cousin MIR. Nj. A. Niks,whoss
mother was a Lengdon, Mr.. Egerton Winthrop.
Jr., and Mr.. George Vanderbilt, form mics
quartet. for high born but uncovered maid.
ems from tho other side to practise their fas-
cinations upon. Happily, American girls ara
rarely fortune hunters, and nine out of ten Of
the marriages that take place in tho best So
ctety begin with n solid foundation of love.
Many rich young follow could testify to this
II he would, but men ore seldom willing to ac-.
knowledge their failures and disappointments
in matrimonial attempts.
The reopening OF Mr.. William Astor's gatco
which were so securely barred last summer.
has been the occasion Of much rejoicing among
Mrs. Astor's friends. The most charming and
unwearying of hostesses. Mrs. Aston, has been
genuinely missed. both in Newport and New
York. during the years that i'll health has COM
PEELED hcr to remain In retirement. Dinner
parties will as usual strike tho initial note OF
| the gay season, and already Mrs. Waldorf
| Astor has presided several times at informal
| banquets. Many cottagers appoint the same
evening every week for the entertainment OF
their friends, and thus. by the end OF the sea-
| son. get through that section OF their visiting
list assigned to dinner people,"
Bar Harbor. being younger. newer. and less
experienced as place OF fashionable repute
than Newport. takes a longer time to settle
down into the routine Of watering place life.
1t is still in the phase Of cliques and sets 'Gnd
as none OF the solid barriers that hodge In cot
tago life Mt Newport and are as immovab!e as
| the laws OF the Medes and Persians have yet
been established in the paradise OF the Pine
| Tree State, little disturbances and excitements
| and discussions as to who's who? and what's
what? are apt to crop up ut the beginning Of the
| season. Perhaps society is none the worse for
| this, and II new life crecps in through unau-
| thorizcd loophocs q good deal of novelty and
| originality are apt to come with 1t.
Saratoga Springs still keeps its hold upon
the affections of tho American people
such an infinite variety of all sorts
and conditions OF men is to be found at this
great cosmopolitan resort. Authors. artists
scientists. teachers, professors. political and
clerical dignitaries, dudes and dudines, women
without hats or bonnets, who look like walking
hairdressers' advertisements, SO deliberately
arc they curlcd and coiffed, men with baggy
trousers that wobble as they walk. and men
| who have only Just awakened to the fashions
| Of two years back, parade under the shaded
walks and jostle each othor In hotel corridors.
New Workers are rather in tho minority. but
among those at the United States and Grand
Union Hotels are Mr.. and! Mrs. Abram s. Hew-
it, the Misses Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Cooper. Bishop and Mrs.
Doane. Bishop and Mrs. Potter, President Pot
ter OF Hobart College, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W.
Harper. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Kinssland. Mr..
| Creighton Webb. and Mr. Henry A. Hurlbert.
The tide Of transatlantic travel Is already be-
| ginning TO turn. and, AZ far as New Workers ara
| concerned, incoming steamers will be this
month more heavily freighted than those that
| are outward bound OF the 100000 Americans
now said to be domicled in London. but very
small portion hail from this city. The grea:
| West furnishes large contingent end so DO
Boston and Philadelphia. Very many Of our
best people have avoided London during tho
jubilee celebration, as the crowd OF familiar
faces in Paris Just at present indicates. Mr..
and Mrs. Cooper Hewitt, Mrs. Heckscher and
her UarlrltprS. and nj hprS from, this CITY,
wont direct to Paris whore they are spendinss
| few quiet weeks before dispensing for Gegmac5
| and Switzerland.
Among those who are expected home this
month are Admiral and Mrs. Baldwin. mr. Me-
| Lane and his family, and Mr.. and Mrs. Angus
| tus Jay, who return for IL flying visit only, and
Mr.. and Mrs. S. s. Rowland, who have been alb
| sent more than twelve months. and during
| that time have seen nearly all tho countries OF
the earth and the glory OF them. hrs. Bel
mont, who has spent several weeks with her